NLL 2024-25 Week 18 Preview

All 5 games on deck for week 18 of the 2024-25 NLL season

Photo Credit: Philadelphia Wings

March goes out with a bang in week 18 of the 2024-25 National Lacrosse League regular season — a smaller, five-game bang, but an explosion nonetheless.

The standings middle’s a muddled mess with plenty of teams still with fighting chances to make the postseason. As four teams go on a bye weekend, the other ten need to take advantage and try and cement their spot for the postseason while making their respective foe’s business trip an unfruitful one.

Here’s how this works: I’ll tell you the matchups, the results of their five most recent contests (if applicable), top three scorers on each team, probable starting netminders, and team offensive and defensive shift stats as slash lines (S%/SOG%/E%) (offense on the left, defense on the right). All stats are based off my work for this site.

This is intended to be bare bones, quick and easy content to get you caught up before the weekend’s games. No analysis or storylines, just the stats.

If you’re in the US, all games are available on ESPN+; if you’re in Canada, you can catch the games on the TSN app or NLLplus.com.

Here’s what’s ahead.



Photo Credit: Ottawa Black Bears

Ottawa Black Bears (6-8) vs. Philadelphia Wings (5-9)

Friday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Wells Fargo Center

Last 5 Meetings (as New York Riptide):
3-2 in Wings’ favor

Black Bears
10.3 GF/GAME | 11.4 GA/GAME
Wings
11.9 GF/GAME | 12.9 GA/GAME

Black Bears Top Scorers
Jeff Teat, 85 PTS (39G, 46A)
Connor Kearnan, 49 PTS (14G, 35A)
Jacob Dunbar, 38 PTS (23G, 15A)

Wings Top Scorers
Joe Resetarits, 98 PTS (32G, 66A)
Mitch Jones, 98 PTS (29G, 69A)
Brennan O’Neill, 45 PTS (20G, 25A)

Probable Starting Netminders

Black Bears
Zach Higgins — 10.98 GAA | .790 Sv% | 7.41 GSAA | 824:56 min.

Wings
Nick Damude — 12.79 GAA | .788 Sv% | 6.45 GSAA | 755:04 min.

Offensive & Defensive Stats

Black Bears O | D
TrueES — 13.1/72.1/10.9 | 14.5/71.6/12.2
TruePP — 21.7/75.4/20.5 | 8.4/66.2/9.1
TrueFB — 19.7/72.1/16.1 | 24.3/78.7/21.7
TrueSH — 7.5/66.0/5.1 | 13.2/64.2/10.3

Wings O | D
TrueES — 17.5/71.6/15.3 | 13.0/70.5/11.8
TruePP — 23.5/73.0/21.8 | 18.9/75.5/19.7
TrueFB — 13.3/68.5/11.8 | 22.6/79.8/19.8
TrueSH — 20.0/71.4/13.2 | 14.3/69.4/9.2


San Diego Seals (8-6) vs. Rochester Knighthawks (8-7)

Saturday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Blue Cross Arena

Last 2 Meetings:
2-0 in Seals’ favor

Seals
12.2 GF/GAME | 11.4 GA/GAME
Knighthawks
12.8 GF/GAME | 11.9 GA/GAME

Seals Top Scorers
Rob Hellyer, 78 PTS (27G, 51A)
Wes Berg, 72 PTS (40G, 32A)
Ben McIntosh, 53 PTS (19G, 34A)

Knighthawks Top Scorers
Connor Fields, 105 PTS (38G, 67A)
Ryan Lanchbury, 97 PTS (24G, 73A)
Ryan Smith, 69 PTS (38G, 31A)

Probable Starting Netminders

Seals
Chris Origlieri — 11.33 GAA | .770 Sv% | -6.05 GSAA | 799:54 min.

Knighthawks
Rylan Hartley — 11.24 GAA | .772 Sv% | -1.73 GSAA | 298:57 min.

Offensive & Defensive Stats

Seals O | D
TrueES — 15.6/69.6/13.8 | 15.1/71.3/12.1
TruePP — 18.7/71.9/20.8 | 18.7/70.9/18.6
TrueFB — 20.7/79.3/16.8 | 21.6/77.2/19.1
TrueSH — 4.1/63.0/3.4 | 10.0/67.5/6.5

Knighthawks O | D
TrueES — 14.6/70.2/13.4 | 14.5/69.9/13.1
TruePP — 15.7/70.8/17.8 | 18.6/69.2/20.3
TrueFB — 20.8/74.4/19.0 | 18.8/73.1/16.5
TrueSH — 9.4/67.2/8.2 | 9.3/75.9/6.8


Vancouver Warriors (7-7) vs. Buffalo Bandits (11-3)

Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET at KeyBank Center

Last 3 Meetings:
2-1 in Bandits’ favor

Warriors
10.7 GF/GAME | 10.1 GA/GAME
Bandits
13.5 GF/GAME | 10.4 GA/GAME

Warriors Top Scorers
Keegan Bal, 83 PTS (31G, 52A)
Adam Charalambides, 60 PTS (22G, 38A)
Kevin Crowley, 44 PTS (17G, 27A)

Bandits Top Scorers
Dhane Smith, 104 PTS (26G, 78A)
Josh Byrne, 103 PTS (35G, 68A)
Chase Fraser, 42 PTS (20G, 22A)

Probable Starting Netminders

Warriors
Christian Del Bianco — 10.50 GAA | .821 Sv% | 4.81 GSAA | 120:00 min.

Bandits
Matt Vinc — 10.28 GAA | .790 Sv% | 7.13 GSAA | 840:51 min.

Offensive & Defensive Stats

Warriors O | D
TrueES — 12.7/71.5/10.2 | 11.6/66.2/9.9
TruePP — 16.5/63.9/18.8 | 20.0/69.2/20.9
TrueFB — 24.1/77.2/21.2 | 14.0/71.3/11.8
TrueSH — 18.8/66.7/12.5 | 17.1/75.6/12.3

Bandits O | D
TrueES — 17.1/72.4/15.5 | 12.9/66.0/11.9
TruePP — 16.0/69.4/16.5 | 15.6/57.3/17.6
TrueFB — 23.1/88.9/20.0 | 17.3/72.4/14.9
TrueSH — 14.0/74.0/8.1 | 8.5/59.3/7.4


Photo Credit: Saskatchewan Rush

Colorado Mammoth (8-6) vs. Saskatchewan Rush (10-4)

Saturday, March 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET at SaskTel Centre

Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Rush’s favor

Mammoth
11.6 GF/GAME | 11.3 GA/GAME
Rush
11.6 GF/GAME | 10.3 GA/GAME

Mammoth Top Scorers
Ryan Lee, 76 PTS (24G, 52A)
Will Malcom, 67 PTS (29G, 38A)
Connor Robinson, 59 PTS (20G, 39A)

Rush Top Scorers
Zach Manns, 59 PTS (30G, 29A)
Ryan Keenan, 56 PTS (17G, 39A)
Robert Church, 50 PTS (21G, 29A)

Probable Starting Netminders

Mammoth
Dillon Ward (assuming he’s removed from the Hold Out List) — 10.48 GAA | .801 Sv% | 14.69 GSAA | 778:47 min.

Rush
Frank Scigliano — 9.78 GAA | .797 Sv% | 10.30 GSAA | 717:35 min.

Offensive & Defensive Stats

Mammoth O | D
TrueES — 16.8/67.4/14.2 | 13.9/71.3/12.6
TruePP — 11.9/67.6/13.2 | 20.9/74.3/20.1
TrueFB — 15.4/79.5/13.1 | 16.8/77.1/13.7
TrueSH — 6.1/67.3/4.5 | 11.6/65.1/8.2

Rush O | D
TrueES — 14.7/68.8/12.5 | 12.5/67.0/10.5
TruePP — 14.8/63.3/16.0 | 16.2/75.2/15.7
TrueFB — 18.9/73.6/16.7 | 20.5/74.2/16.7
TrueSH — 14.3/65.7/10.6 | 14.8/70.4/10.1


Halifax Thunderbirds (9-5) vs. Georgia Swarm (7-7)

Sunday, March 30 at 4:00 p.m. ET at Gas South Arena

Last 5 Meetings:
3-2 in Swarm’s favor

Thunderbirds
13.3 GF/GAME | 11.9 GA/GAME
Swarm
11.5 GF/GAME | 11.6 GA/GAME

Thunderbirds Top Scorers
Randy Staats, 75 PTS (21G, 52A)
Clarke Petterson, 72 PTS (25G, 47A)
Thomas Hoggarth, 47 PTS (25G, 22A)

Swarm Top Scorers
Lyle Thompson, 76 PTS (35G, 41A)
Shayne Jackson, 54 PTS (23G, 31A)
Andrew Kew, 54 PTS (18G, 36A)

Probable Starting Netminders

Thunderbirds
Warren Hill — 11.05 GAA | .776 Sv% | -1.95 GSAA | 640:27 min.

Swarm
Brett Dobson — 11.49 GAA | .774 Sv% | -3.43 GSAA | 809:41 min.

Offensive & Defensive Stats

Thunderbirds O | D
TrueES — 13.2/71.2/11.8 | 14.7/68.7/12.3
TruePP — 19.7/74.5/19.4 | 17.8/72.2/17.1
TrueFB — 28.7/84.0/25.1 | 22.3/79.5/19.3
TrueSH — 20.7/67.2/13.2 | 17.9/71.8/12.7

Swarm O | D
TrueES — 14.4/69.0/12.6 | 15.5/70.5/13.0
TruePP — 13.7/73.8/13.7 | 18.5/66.2/20.9
TrueFB — 19.7/70.7/17.0 | 23.1/77.7/19.4
TrueSH — 15.6/71.9/11.1 | 5.7/72.9/4.8

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